‘He knows she wants to settle down and I’m not sure if that’s what he wants either,’ the insider tells The Sun Online. ‘He loves partying.’

Lauren is reportedly ‘really upset’ that Jon feels the way he does whilst Jon is ‘totally gutted’ about the break-up.

Viewers had high hopes for the romance when Lauren and Jon were first rumoured to be dating in August, having become close whilst filming the Marbella special.

However, in typical TOWIE style it’s not been smooth sailing and their ups and downs have played out on screen.

In recent weeks Jon has criticised Lauren’s friend Mario Falcone for ‘meddling’ in the relationship and the couple also had a rough patch when it was revealed that Jon had been texting his ex, Love Island star Chloe Crowhurst.

Jon went on to hit out at the makers of the show for trying to create drama between him and Lauren.

‘I understand Lauren and my happiness is at the bottom of the list for what the TOWIE team want’, he told the Daily Star. ‘They obviously want the drama and tears but I’ve said so long as we are a team and stick together we will be OK.

‘There’s a few people like Mario who are against us as well, they need to keep their mouths shut.’

Both Jon and Lauren have so far kept quiet about the reported split but we’ll be keeping an eye on TOWIE to see what unfolds…